NORTH DAKOTA

State Census Returns

1915 & 1925

 

UPDATED MARCH 8, 2009

 

1915 STATE CENSUS

 

A. L. PUTMAN  North Lemmon, Adams County

His wife is Nettie.

 

JOSEPH PUTMAN  Fargo, Cass County

He is here with his wife Annie Emily Wolla. He is 47 KY TN KY and trades stock and horses. Ann Emily Wolla his wife is 45 NOR and they have Carl 12 MT, Henrietta M. 10 MT and Karen E. 8 MT. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Putman from Marshall County, Kentucky. He was home there in 1900, and then out to the Dakotas and in Custer County, Montana in 1920. He is a horse trader, and will be in Tioga, Williams County North Dakota by 1930 until he dies there in 1931. Southern Putman family.

 

C. (CLIFFORD) O. PUTMAN  District 5, Emmons County

He is with his wife Maude Helen Robinson, and Leslie, Paul and Ruth. He is a son of William Wallace Putnam and Mary Fuller. He was born in Auburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. They were all there in the 1880. They were here in 1900. They are here in 1920 and 1930. His brother Eber is near by.

 

E. D. (EBER DANIEL) PUTNAM  Union, Emmons County

He is 47, Grace Bales his wife 40, Carol 17, Hugh 15, Nina 11, Eva 6, Keith 3. He is a son of William Wallace Putnam and Mary Fuller. He was born in Auburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. His brother Clifford is here too.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Lidgerwood, Richland County

He is a son of Andrew Putnam and Anna Barnhafu. Also here is his wife Annie and his brother Richard.

 

Mrs. CLARA PUTMAN  Dickinson, Stark County

She was alone here in 1910 too. No Idea who she is or was married to.

 

ED PUTMAN  Kensal, Stutsman County

He is in his 20s, Ellen Partlow his wife in her 20s and they have Ralph under 5. They are in Foster County in 1925 and were in South Dakota I think in 1920 as their second son Glenn was born there in 1922. They are in Minnesota in 1930. Take a look at the 1925 ND State Census for a bunch of information on this family. Still no idea who his folks were though.

 

T. M. PUTMAN Sharlow, Stutsman County

Think the Initial is T, might be J. There are also Barbara and Katherine.

 

S. (SOPHIA) W. PUTMAN  Streeter, Stutsman County

Aaron’s widow is here with her daughter Camille. New York Dutch family.

 

WARREN PUTMAN  Streeter, Stutsman County

He is listed as Adren, but is Warren D. a son of Aaron and Sophia. Also listed are his wife Myra and daughters Barbara and Beulah. New York Dutch family.

 

LAFE PUTMAN  Victor, Towner County

He and his wife Verdia Summers have been for years. They still have William, Lena, Rosa, Belle, May, Frank, Grover, Clarence and Bessie brand new. He is a son of Samuel Putman and Maria Radcliffe. This family is out of Gilmer County WV and from Fauquier County, Virginia before that. They were then in Pike County, Missouri before coming up here. Part of the Southern Branch. Been here since the late 1800s. Lafe was born September 30, 1865 and will die here May 28, 1934. Verdie was born March 6, 1877 and will die May 7, 1951.

 

 

1925 STATE CENSUS

 

W. (WARREN) D. PUTMAN  Golden Valley, Beach County

He is 48, his wife Myra 49, and Barbara 19, Beulah 13, Virginia 9, Kenneth 8. He is a son of Aaron and Sophia Putman from Fulton County New York and then out here in Stutsman County. He has been there up till now. He and the family are in Sargent County by 1930. New York Dutch family.

 

BARBARA PUTMAN  Fargo, Cass County

She is 19 and a nurse at St. Johns Hospital. She is a daughter of Warren and Myra Putman from Stutsman County. New York Dutch family.

 

SOPHIA PUTMAN  Fargo, Cass County

She is 73, her daughter Camella 22. They have Kenneth 8. She is the widow of Aaron J. Putman of Fulton County, New York. They were there in 1880, and she was widowed there in 1900. Kenneth is a son of her son Warren. He was with his folks in 1920 when they all were in Stutsman County. Kenneth is back with his folks in 1930 and they are in Sargent County. Sophia is still here in Fargo then.They are a Dutch family.

 

C. (CLIFFORD) O. PUTMAN  Winona, Emmons County

He is 54, his wife Helen Maude Robinson is 50 and at home are Leslie 27, Bessie 18 and his mother Mary Fuller Putman 82. He is a son of William Wallace Putnam and Mary Fuller. He was born in Auburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. They were all there in the 1880. They were here in 1900 and on and are here in 1930.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  McKinnon, Foster County

He is 35, Ellen Partlow his wife 32, Ralph 12 and Glen 2. They were here in North Dakota in 1915 and then Glen was born in South Dakota in 1922. I don’t find them in 1920 but probably in South Dakota and they are all in Norman County, Minnesota in 1930. They were married In James, North Dakota December 2, 1911. A relative says that on July 28, 1937 Ed shot his wife and then shot and killed himself. Ellen died on August 6, 1937. This took place in Moline, Illinois. I can’t find Edward earlier so don’t know his folks except his mother’s name was Bachila. I found his WWI Draft Registration card. It states he was born in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota on November 15, 1888. At the time he was 28 so the card was filed in 1917 and he then lived in Kensal, North Dakota. He had a farm in Kensal, Stutsman County with a wife and one son. They were in the North Dakota 1915 and 1925 Censuses. I can’t find them in 1920 yet. The son Ralph was born July 6, 1912 and will die in Moline, Illinois June 2, 1988. Glenn Howard was born in South Dakota August 13, 1922 and will die in Shreveport, Louisiana August 11, 1972.

 

C. (CHARLES) S. PUTMAN  Grand Forks, Grand Forks County

He is 38, his wife Geneiva Thompson is 36, Pearl 13 and Grant 5. I think he is a son of Peter Putman and Jane Secord from Dorchester, Middlesex East Ontario. If so, Dutch Family from New York and then Canada. Geneiva will die here August 30, 1929 and Charles is widowed here in 1930.

 

GUY PUTMAN  Dickinson, Stark County

He is 30, his wife Jessie 27 and they have Billy Dick 17 months old.

 

GEO. D. (GEORGE DEWEY) PUTMAN  Paulson, Towner County

He is 27 and his wife Blanche Renicke 28 and they have Louella Fay 1. He is a son of Samuel Wesley Putman and Viletta Bryning. George Dewey was born April 21, 1899. He married a widow Blanche (Renicke) Bursinger born June 19, 1899. They were married June 19, 1922.